Acting
Alexander Waechter
Born
1948-07-24 (78)
Place of birth
Graz, Austria
Known for
Acting
Credits
19 titles
Alexander Waechter is an Austrian actor, director, and intendant.
Known for
No synopsis available yet.
Seniorenclub
1968
7.6Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter is a classic Austrian television series. It was produced by Österreichischer Rundfunk, Austrian Television, and ran for 24 episodes from 1975 to 1979. The script writer was Ernst Hinterberger; the series was based on his 1966 novel Das Salz der Erde. The producer was Hans Preiner, who initiated the project in his series Impulse, which centered on development of new program formats and training of new, young directors. Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter starred popular Austrian actor Karl Merkatz as the main character, Edmund "Mundl" Sackbauer. Mundl lives in a typical Vienna Gemeindebau at Hasengasse, in Vienna's 10th municipal district. The series used Viennese dialect and became successful after an initial campaign against it by the Krone newspaper as too "common."
Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter
1975
5.0After being released from a mental asylum, a disfigured man becomes obsessed with a student at his sister’s boarding school while grappling with his dark past.
Bloody Moon
1981
No synopsis available yet.
Der Feldherrnhügel
1992
8.0Vienna in the eighties. An accidental meeting in a restaurant. She, Hannah, is Jewish and has a live-in lover, a young and successful architect. He, Friedrich, is a German and lives permanently in Vienna. Two worlds collide with another, begin to become entangled in each other. Friedrich too, has his problems. He is a "German", which fascinates and repels Hannah at the same time. She tries to get over her confusion by being ironic and flirtatious. Simultaneously, what she has tried to suppress breaks through in flashbacks...
Kieselsteine
1983
4.2During the final days of the First World War, Officer Menis does his duty in defending the battle flag of the defeated Austro-Hungarian empire, while his fellow troops, a motley gang recruited from several different countries not loyal to the royal family, simply try to survive by any means possible.
The Standard
1977
Film credits
2000s · 4 titles
5.2Stefan Lindman is a police officer in Boros, Sweden. When his mentor and retired former partner Herbert Molin is brutally murdered in the remote town of Sveg, Lindman travels north to investigate. The more Lindman digs into the mysterious killing, the less he is sure to have known the man he feels so much indebted to...
The Return of the Dancing Master
2004
6.5It's 30 years later and the Sackbauers have estranged themselves from everyone; only mother "Toni" tries to re-establish the old happy family.
Echte Wiener - Die Sackbauer-Saga
2008
10.0Vreni and Sali are made for each other. But a momentous argument between their fathers over a field tears the lovers apart. Only when both families have perished does Vreni and Sali seem to have a chance to live their love - even if only for one night...
Ich gehöre dir
2002
NRKampl wants to bring love and inheritance matters into the right hands. His grandson Gabriel has plans about what's best for himself.
Kampl
2005
1980s · 4 titles
5.0After being released from a mental asylum, a disfigured man becomes obsessed with a student at his sister’s boarding school while grappling with his dark past.
Bloody Moon
1981
8.0Vienna in the eighties. An accidental meeting in a restaurant. She, Hannah, is Jewish and has a live-in lover, a young and successful architect. He, Friedrich, is a German and lives permanently in Vienna. Two worlds collide with another, begin to become entangled in each other. Friedrich too, has his problems. He is a "German", which fascinates and repels Hannah at the same time. She tries to get over her confusion by being ironic and flirtatious. Simultaneously, what she has tried to suppress breaks through in flashbacks...
Kieselsteine
1983
No synopsis available yet.
Spiel im Schloss
1985
No synopsis available yet.
Liebelei
1983
1970s · 4 titles
4.2During the final days of the First World War, Officer Menis does his duty in defending the battle flag of the defeated Austro-Hungarian empire, while his fellow troops, a motley gang recruited from several different countries not loyal to the royal family, simply try to survive by any means possible.
The Standard
1977
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Leutnant Gustl
1979
10.0Landowner Klapproth would love to have his nephew Alfred show him the inside of an insane asylum and meet real lunatics, promising to financially support him in starting a business. Alfred's friend Ernst Kissling recommends that he show his uncle the Schöller Guesthouse, whose guests are quite eccentric. Landowner Klapproth, who truly believes the guests to be lunatics, is thoroughly amused.
Pension Schöller
1978
8.0Based on Joseph Roth's novella.
Stationschef Fallmerayer
1976
Series credits
No synopsis available yet.
Seniorenclub
1968
7.6Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter is a classic Austrian television series. It was produced by Österreichischer Rundfunk, Austrian Television, and ran for 24 episodes from 1975 to 1979. The script writer was Ernst Hinterberger; the series was based on his 1966 novel Das Salz der Erde. The producer was Hans Preiner, who initiated the project in his series Impulse, which centered on development of new program formats and training of new, young directors. Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter starred popular Austrian actor Karl Merkatz as the main character, Edmund "Mundl" Sackbauer. Mundl lives in a typical Vienna Gemeindebau at Hasengasse, in Vienna's 10th municipal district. The series used Viennese dialect and became successful after an initial campaign against it by the Krone newspaper as too "common."
Ein echter Wiener geht nicht unter
1975
Behind the camera
No synopsis available yet.
Der Feldherrnhügel
1992
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Potasch und Perlmutter
1996
7.0Conductor Johannes Wildner leads the Philharmonic Orchestra Bratislava in a command performance of Johann Strauss's final operetta, "Wiener Blut" (Viennese Blood), at Austria's internationally recognized Mörbisch operetta festival in 1994. The production -- featuring a libretto by Victor Leon and Leo Stein -- showcases the choir of the Concert Union of the Wiener Volksoper and the Ballet of the Slovak National Theatre.
Strauss: Wiener Blut
1994